Brandy Lipps to Speak Nov. 29 about Environmental Due Diligence
Brandy Lipps, vice president of Logic Environmental, which provides environmental compliance and assessment needs, will speak to the GABB on Nov. 29 about environmental due diligence.
The monthly meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. and is preceded at 9:45 a.m. by a free light breakfast and networking session. There is networking with coffee and pastries from about 9:45 to 10:30 and the meeting will last from about 10:30 to somewhere between 11:30 and noon.
View a copy of her PPT presentation: brandy-gabb-presentation
Attorney Larry Domenico, of law firm of Mozley, Finalyson& Loggins, will sponsor the meeting. Larry practices extensively in the areas of products liability defense, commercial and business litigation, and general litigation. Mr. Domenico also has extensive experience as a business lawyer in assisting start-up and existing businesses. In addition, Mr. Domenico has broad experience in alternate forms of dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation. Mr. Domenico serves as the firm’s managing partner.
Brandy is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s School of Environmental Health Science and has experience in both the laboratory and field investigations. She has been with Logic since 2007, performing environmental assessments and specializing in non-petroleum releases and Brownfields. Her dog, Toby, is currently responsible for office security. Her boss, Chris Fonzi, a GABB member and founder of Logic Environmental, was originally scheduled to speak, but had a last minute scheduling conflict. According to Chris, “She’s an experienced speaker and she’s much more likeable than I am.” Chris and his company are GABB Platinum Sponsors.
In a previous GABB meeting, Chris discussed changes in environmental site assessments.
“For years now, the Phase I/Phase II process of environmental site assessment has been focused primarily on identifying possible sources of soil and groundwater contamination – underground tanks, spills, dump sites, etc. This was the mandate established by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), a private organization that sets the standards for what goes into a Phase I investigation. Although ASTM standards aren’t law, they are close to being the only game in town and virtually all reputable consultants follow them. In January 2014, ASTM revised the standards for what constitutes a Phase I, the first such revision in eight years. The most significant change was the addition of a requirement that all Phase I reports evaluate sites for the possible presence of vapor as a recognized environmental threat. And vapor, as it turns out, is everywhere.”
GABB meetings begin with guest and member introductions of name, company and what you do, not a networking or elevator minute. After Chris’s presentation we’ll have a few items of association business and then adjourn the meeting.
There is no cost to attend and there are two parking decks available with free parking adjacent to the facility. Please bring your parking ticket to the meeting for validation.
The meeting is at the South Terraces Conference Center at 115 Perimeter Center Place, Atlanta. For more information about the GABB, contact GABB President Greg DeFoor at 678-644-5983 or gdefoor@defoorservices.com.
Read MoreGABB Million Dollar Club Application for 2016 Opens
The GABB is now accepting applications for the 2016 Million Dollar Club, recognizing members who have sold businesses worth at least $1 million in the previous year. The deadline for submitting applications is Nov. 7, 2016.
Awardees will be honored at the annual GABB Holiday Gala on Dec. 6 at Maggiano’s Perimeter Center.
GABB members are eligible for the:
- Million Dollar Club if they have eligible sales from Nov. 1, 2015 to Oct. 31, 2016 of $1,000,000 to $1,999,999.
- Multi-Million Dollar Club members will have eligible sales generated totaling $2,000,000 or more during the same period.
- Life Members of the Million Dollar Club have been elected to the Million Dollar Club for three consecutive years or any 5 years.
- Phoenix Award Member is anyone who has been elected to the Million Dollar Club for any 10 years.
- Silver Phoenix honors a person who has been elected to the Million Dollar Club for any 25 years.
To be eligible for the award, an applicant must be a current member in good standing of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers and only
transactions closed after the effective date of membership in GABB will count as Million Dollar Club volume. All transactions must be submitted to Pratt’s Stats to be eligible.
The online application, along with detailed rules about the club, can be found at the GABB website.
Please contact Diane Loupe at georgiabusinessbrokers@gmail.
Oct. 25 GABB Meeting for Broker and Affiliate Members Only
The Georgia Association of Business Brokers will hold a members only meeting on Oct. 25, in contrast to meetings that are normally open to the public.
That means that only current broker or affiliate members will be eligible to attend the Oct. 25 meeting.
At this meeting, members of the GABB board will be making a presentation about a significant proposal related to the future of the organization. Also, nominations for the 2017 GABB board will be taken at this meeting.
GABB Affiliate Germaine Curtin of Curtin Law is the meeting sponsor.
Germaine Curtin was born and raised in Westchester County, NY. She obtained her BA from the State Univ. of NY at Albany in 1980 and graduated from Albany Law School. After graduating, she worked as a financial consultant, where she learned to prepare tax returns and advised clients with respect to investments. She earned her FINRA Series 7 securities license.
Germaine is licensed to practice law in California, Georgia, New York and North Carolina, and now shares her time between New York and Georgia.
With a long-time interest in tax, and understanding the importance of tax issues in every business transaction as well as the obligation of every resident to file income tax returns, Germaine obtained her LL.M. in Tax at the Univ. of Alabama in 2010, graduating with honors. Germaine analyzes the tax issues as well as the business issues in every transaction, saving the client time and money.
Germaine is a member of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers, is a certified instructor for the International Business Brokers Association as well as a member of the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce and the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce.
Read MoreGABB Fall Conference 2016: Mobile Technology Boot Camp
Business has gone mobile. The top producers in business are those who have identified and use an organized mobile office system to stay productive, in communication and are responsive to clients’ needs.
Join the GABB on Sept. 27 for a Mobile Technology Boot Camp and explore some of the best and most effective ways mobile professionals can use their smartphones and tablets for efficiency worldwide.
The GABB Fall Conference will consist of a morning and afternoon session, each awarding three hours of C.E. credit. Attendees may sign up for the whole day, at $100 for members; $150 for non-members; or just one session for $50 for members, $75 for non-members. Registration will close on Sept. 23, so please register early to secure your space.
Breakfast 8:30-9 a.m. Provided by Kim Eells, Vice President, Business Development Officer of Brand Bank.
9-12 noon: Productivity, Social Media and the Mobile, Global Office
Learn about Cloud Apps, Social Media, managing listing photos for marketing and distribution with Google Multimedia, mobile calendar and document applications, and sharing data with Drive, OneDrive & Dropbox.
Lunch: Noon-1 p.m. Provided by GABB Platinum Sponsor Sarah S. Wheeler, Esq. of Moore & Reese, LLC
1-4 p.m. Time Management and Customer Relationships
This class will teach brokers how to effectively build and maintain a client relationship management (CRM) system as a process to attract, maintain and retain communications with consumers. Attendees will learn about how mobile technology and the cloud computing can help them become more effective at managing clients.
Instructor: G. William James (above) is one of the leading training professionals for handheld computing and mobile technology in the United States for retail, medicine, sales, business and real estate. A sales trainer and seminar presenter since 1986, thousands have heard his enthusiastic yet real-life approach to time management and sales excellence. James was an early user of PDAs, is devoted to handheld computing and has built his career on the technology. In 2003 he began teaching smartphones as well, and today teaches all platforms and devices on the Android, Apple iPad and iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile operating systems.
Read MoreLocation Expert to Speak July 26 about Georgia’s Film Industry
ATLANTA– Lee Cuthbert, a Location Specialist for Georgia’s Film, Music and Digital Entertainment office, will speak about the impact of the film industry on Georgia’s economy at the July 26 meeting of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB).
GABB members represent owners of Georgia businesses and help them establish the sales price of their business, create marketing plans and strategies for the sale of their business, identify and qualify potential buyers, and work to protect the confidentiality of the entire process. The July 26 GABB meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Dunwoody, preceded by a light breakfast and networking session. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Ms. Cuthbert is a location specialist in the five-person Film, Music and Digital Entertainment office within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, which the state’s sales and marketing arm. Her office provides a number of services designed to attract new entertainment business investment to the state. As a location specialist, Lee is responsible for finding and showing appropriate locations for film, television, and commercial production. She also maintains the Department’s film tourism website TourGeorgiaFilm.com.
Lee is a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis, and a 20-plus year resident of Atlanta.
The GABB is composed of professionals who work with owners of Georgia businesses. Many of today’s business buyers are individuals who have decided not to re-enter corporate America, but are ready to control their own destiny by purchasing and operating a Georgia business. The GABB’s monthly meeting is at the South Terraces Conference Center at 115 Perimeter Center Place, Atlanta. For more information about the GABB, contact GABB President Greg DeFoor at president@gabb.org or call Diane Loupe at 404-374-3990.
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